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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
6
Joe Fisher, a sophomore at Kearney State College, is among 13 students named members of Lambda Delta Lambda, a national honorary physical science fraternity. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Fisher of Polk.
Mr and Mrs Edd Coover visited Tuesday evening at the Paul Coover home to celebrate Pauls birthday. Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson were Sunday dinner guests in the home of their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Dale Nyberg at Central City.
Technical Sergeant Walter D Gestrine son of Hulda Gestrine and the late John Gestrine was born March 10 1911 near Clarks Nebraska. He served in the military since 1942 and died April 20 1962 in Wiesbaden Germany from a cerebral hemorrhage while stationed there during the Korean War era. Funeral services were held at Calvary Lutheran Church Swede Home on April 30 with Rev Gerald Leaf officiating and burial in Polk Cemetery. He was survived by his mother seven sisters four brothers and numerous relatives.
Local social notes list Sunday visits and meals among residents. Families from Crete, Grand Island, Stromsburg, York, Central City, Osceola, and nearby towns joined for dinners, lunches, coffee hours, and afternoon visits over the weekend and after Baccalaureate services.
The social security representative from Lincoln Mr. H. S. Hornby will visit Osceola on May 23, 1962. He will be in the Court house second floor from 8 30 to 12 00 Noon.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Sundberg hosted Sunday dinner with Calmar Johnson in their home. Chas Stromberg and family from Lincoln visited in the afternoon. Harvey Sundberg and family joined Sunday evening lunch at the Raymond Sundberg home.
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